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To: The United States House of Representatives
HR-2419 - No Nukes, Yes Green New Deal!
Please co-sponsor Eleanor Holmes Norton's HR-2419, the "Nuclear Weapons Abolition and Economic and Energy Conversion Act." HR-2419 calls on the U.S. government to sign and ratify the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, eliminate its nuclear weapons along with those of every other country, and use the money and resources saved to transform the war economy to address climate change, carbon-free, nuclear-free energy, and other pressing social needs. More information available at http://prop1.org
Why is this important?
For those skeptical about being able to finance a "Green New Deal," this bill could provide that funding, if Congress would take it seriously.
“Our bill is as timely as ever,” Norton said in her press release. “Although the United States possesses one of the largest nuclear arsenals, there are still plans to spend trillions of dollars more on these doomsday weapons while urgent domestic needs, including health care, infrastructure, and clean energy, face funding shortfalls. The United States can reestablish our moral leadership in the world by redirecting these funds to urgent domestic issues, not preparing for human extinction.”
It's far past time to reverse this madness. Congress can do it. Eleanor Holmes Norton has been trying to do it! It's been stuck in the Armed Services and Foreign Affairs Committee. It needs to get to the floor for a vote ... WITHOUT mark-ups!
Will you please help?